Oh, come on, Joshua. For as much weaponry as you carry around, using a wooden spoon seems somehow primitive, and more work than it's worth. And, really, you don't want to beat up a man's genitals any longer than you have to.

This reminds me of a conversation I had with Chuck, offline, about a similar thing. He being new to the fatherhood thing and all, we got into discussing the latest female fashions, the lack of clothing, lowering waistlines. We came to the conclusion that low rider jeans, for all practical purposes, give a viewer a very good insight into what certain sexual positions might look like. I quickly added in the age factor, and then inquired about his thoughts on the matter, in relation to his daughter.

We were both willing to admit that we like the quasi-young and the modern vantage points permitted. Until he aimed that same logic on his daughter, which is understandable. He immediately went down the "I'd kill any fuckerâ€¦"

The question we couldn't answer was when does a young female sibling, or daughter become able to do the bumpy-dance without fear of retribution from a father or brother, excluding incidents that go against her own will of course?

My little sister was doing the bumpy dance when she was 14. Since I started at 15 and was considered a late bloomer by the cultural standards of our people, I didn't hold it against her. But the guys she was bumping were approximately her age.

It's more a question, in my mind, of when the 12 year age difference becomes non-exploitive.

Ryan-- dialogue from that awful Robin Hood movie with Kevin Costner:

Sheriff (yelling after the escaping Robin Hood): I'm going to cut your heart out with a spoon!

de Guy (later, with the Sheriff): Why a spoon? I mean why not a dirk or a dagger?

Sheriff (exasperated): Because if I use a spoon it will hurt more, you moron.

seed, that's exactly why I'm glad we had a boy first. I don't have to worry about that happening for a while. But I'm pretty sure we'll have a girl next time and then I have to start honing my "gruff and dangerous" dad image for when she does start dating.

I think I'm going to go with the Uncle Buck mode, shiny hatchets and the like.

But to answer your question, I don't think there's any age that a dad wouldn't have an urge to go thrash someone grinding on their daughter. But maybe that's just me.